Career
He joined Leicester Tigers in 19, following fellow South African Joel Stransky, and joining up with Martin Johnson, and replacing Matt Poole who acquired a knee injury at about the same time with Dean Richards (normally a number eight) playing lock. Also able to play flanker, he complemented Johnson"s more powerful play with mobility, but perhaps more importantly he pioneered the contesting of the opposition"s line-out throws. He returned to South Africa in 1999 to try to play for his country in the 1999 World Cup, and was drafted into the side late as a replacement for Selborne Boome, playing against Spain.
After the World Cup, he returned to Leicester where he helped in the development of England lock Ben Kay.
He retired.